Year: 2024

Yujie Cao, Jnae Thompson, and Dr. Sandra Adell present at the 2024 Gender and Womens’ Studies Conference

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Professor Sandra Adell joined African American Studies senior Jnae Thompson and International Visiting Scholar Yujie Cao at UW–Madison’s 2024 Gender and Women’s Studies Conference: Honoring Our Past, Securing Our Future: Resilience and Reclamation in Higher Education.   Dr. Adell participated in the panel discussion “Black Women’s Narratives of Struggle, Resistance and Change” and presented on …

Professor Sandra Adell spoke with Illinois State Representative LaShawn Ford

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Throughout the Month of March, Dr. Sandra Adell gave a series of talks about Black women and gambling addiction throughout the State of Illinois. On March 28, 2024, she was a featured speaker with Illinois State Representative LaShawn Ford in Chicago.

Rev. Alexander Gee’s Honorary Degree Reception

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The Department of African American Studies hosted a reception last Friday, April 19th, to celebrate Dr. Reverend Alexander Gee, who will be receiving a honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison this May. Gee was jointly nominated for the honorary degree by the Department of African American Studies and the Morgridge Center for Public …

Jessica Stovall wins Outstanding Dissertation Award at AERA

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  The Department of African American Studies would like to congratulate our 2023-2024 Anna Julia Cooper Fellow, Jessica Lee Stovall, on receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award at the Critical Educators for Social Justice business meeting last week at the AERA (American Education Research Association) conference in Philadelphia.   Stovall also participated in the Roundtable discussion: …

“Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century”

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This April, African American Studies Professor Dr. Ethelene Whitmire guest curated “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century” with Leslie Anne Anderson, Chief Curator, at the National Nordic Museum. The exhibit was inspired by Whitmire’s research in Denmark. “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century illuminates the untold story of African American visual …

Christy Clark-Pujara speaks at the OAH Annual Conference

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Department Chair and Professor of African American Studies, Christy Clark-Pujara, attended the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Annual Conference in New Orleans last week and participated in the Roundtable “The Black Midwest and Public Dialogue: Reclaiming Black History to Serve the Present”.     Crystal Moten, a UW–Madison African American Studies Alum and current Curator of …

Cops on Campus: Who Keeps Us Safe? — April 17, 2024

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Paul E. Raether, Davarian Baldwin, Kacie Lucchini Butcher, and Department of African American Studies Affiliate Simon Balto will be giving a panel discussion at the Pyle Center on Wednesday, April 17th on “Cops on Campus: Who Keeps Us Safe?” Paul E. Raether is a Distinguished Professor of American Studies at Trinity College. Davarian Baldwin is …

2024 Hudson Symposium

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First year graduate students Philip Adeyemi and Forrest Ashworth traveled to the 2024 Hudson Symposium at Indiana University last week to present their research, exchange ideas, and network with scholars and peers on a national scale.

Screenwriting Symposium this Friday and Saturday, 4/12-4/13

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Co-sponsored by The Department of Communication Arts, and the International Screenwriters’ Association, the first annual Wisconsin Screenwriters’ Symposium is a convening of area storytellers, aspiring screenwriters, and film students for a series of workshops, panels, and career development events. Events include a panel on breaking into the business, an elevator pitch event, and a Screenwriting …

Brittney Edmonds to give panel discussion: “Public Universities, Legislatures, and Academic Freedom” on Wednesday, April 10th

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Join Professor Brittney Edmonds, Michael Bernard-Donals, Patricia Brady, Harry Brighouse, Russ Castronovo, and Armando Ibarra on Wednesday, April 10th at 5:30pm to hear their discussion on “Public Universities, Legislatures, and Academic Freedom”. The panel will discuss the external pressures facing public institutions such as UW–Madison. Topics will include the recent deal that was struck between …